Turkey’s Jewish Community: Future Unknown The Jewish community in Turkey is one of the few surviving ones in a Muslim country. Its numbers have however, dwindled greatly. In 1927, the Turkish Republic conducted its first general census which found that there were … [Read More]
Category Archives: 2012
Norway: The Most Anti-Semitic Country in the West “The current Labor/radical left Norwegian government is promoting an extreme one-sided and negative stance toward Israel. It is responsible for creating a politically-correct hatred of Israel among many people in the country. … [Read More]
China, Israel and the Jewish People China is largely uncharted territory for Israel and the Jewish people. Jews have lived in China since a remote past and there is proof of some Jews having lived or traveled there as much as one … [Read More]
South Korea: An Important Partner for Israel There has been a huge improvement in bilateral relations between South Korea and Israel during the last 19 years. South Korean structural reforms following its economic and financial crisis of 1997-1998 and the priority it … [Read More]
Auschwitz Forgotten: Anti-Semitism in Belgium Manfred Gerstenfeld interviews Andre Gantman “For many years, images from Auschwitz had constrained public expression of anti-Semitism. However, anti-Semitic thoughts have remained in the minds of many. As is often the case elsewhere, anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism in … [Read More]
Anti-Israelism in Finnish Politics Nothing is known abroad about Finnish politics or the major incitement leveled against Israel by some of its politicians. One finds Israel’s worst enemies in Finland’s Parliament among the three left wing parties. The Social Democrats … [Read More]
Watching the International Media: HonestReporting “Israel should aim to ensure that it is fairly and accurately represented in the international media. To do so, the media watch organization HonestReporting monitors media, exposes cases of bias and effects change through action and education. … [Read More]
Fighting Anti-Semitism on the Internet “The International Network against Cyber Hate (INACH) fights discrimination and other forms of cyber hate on an international level by educating, acting for the removal of discriminatory postings, as well as initiating legal action. The … [Read More]
Fighting Distorted Media Coverage of Israel Pro-Israel media watching in the United States has grown rapidly over the past twenty years. The explosive expansion of the Internet enables media-monitoring organizations to transmit their findings quickly to many readers by email, … [Read More]
The European Crisis Accelerates The results of recent elections in France and Greece have sharpened two crisis situations in Europe. The new French President François Hollande has announced that France will not adhere to the austerity agreement which his right-wing predecessor … [Read More]